Man Accused Of Castrating Dog Without Permission

AP) KENSAL, N.D. (AP) - A Kensal man faces charges for allegedly castrating a woman's dog. Television station WDAY reported 55-year-old Kevin Gienger was arrested on suspicion of stolen property and mistreating animals in last weekend's incident. He's since been released from jail. The Stutsman County sheriff's office said the purebred poodle was found at Gienger's home, along with scalpels and syringes. Authorities said Gienger didn't have the owner's permission to castrate the dog. Gienger told The Associated Press that the dog was running wild in the neighborhood and causing a nuisance. He said he'll plead not guilty.

ONLY 77??

AP) BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Two women have been cited for animal cruelty in Vermont after police found 77 cats living in two cars. The Bennington Banner reports that prosecutors will consider whether to upgrade the civil citations to criminal charges against 54-year-old Regina Millard and 61-year-old Bertha Ryan, both of Troy, N.Y. Police say one of the cats was found dead in the trunk of one of the cars Friday. Plates of food were inside and some of the cats had fecal matter matted to their fur. Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette says the women owned two of the cats and were apparently looking for homes for the rest. Police investigated after someone complained about seeing people sleeping in the cars with the cats.

GREEK TODAY, AMERICA TOMORROW

This Saturday, one of Greece’s most respected newspapers, To Vima, reported that the nation’s largest government health insurance provider would no longer pay for special footwear for diabetes patients. Amputation is cheaper, says the Benefits Division of the state insurance provider. The new policy was announced in a letter to the Pan-Hellenic Federation of People with Diabetes. The Federation disputes the science behind the decision of the Benefits Division. In a statement, the group argues that the decision is contrary to evidence as presented in the international scientific literature.

GIVING AWAY GRANDMA

Nutty News Florida - Grandma Marge’s ashes weren’t for sale, but a bargain hunter in Florida walked away with them anyway. A touch of Grandma Marge was put in a potted violet, her favorite plant, after her death. The plant was accidentally sold at a weekend yard sale in the Panhandle town of Fort Walton Beach. Piper Gaffrey had stepped away from the yard sale when her husband sold the violet.

GREAT EDUCATION

By Christine Clarridge/Seattle Times staff reporter.
Talk about a teachable moment. A 19-year-old Bellevue woman has been charged with second-degree assault after she allegedly stabbed a classmate Saturday during an anger-management class. Bellevue police say Faribah Maradiaga "blew up out of control" and stabbed the classmate's arm and shoulder several times after the two women exchanged words. Police said Maradiaga, who already has a pending assault charge, told them that the other woman had threatened her first, according to charging documents. Maradiaga walked into a classroom on the Bellevue College campus, where a court services agency rents space for the anger management class, around 9 a.m. Saturday while a video on anger management was being shown, according to the charges. Maradiaga started complaining about the movie and disrupting the class, according to the documents, when the victim told Maradiaga "the video was good and to give it a chance." Maradiaga, who was sitting two rows behind the victim, then stood up and started talking "trash" before pulling out a knife with a 3-inch blade and stabbing the other woman, police and prosecutors say. The charges say Maradiaga then threatened to kill the victim's family. Maradiaga is being held on $50,000 bail in King County Jail and is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 25

OBVIOUSLY THE CLASS IS WORKING FINE!

WORRIED ABOUT OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE??

A New Jersey woman suffering an asthma attack was denied an inhaler at a pharmacy because she was $1.99 short, MyFoxNY.com reported. Katherine O’Connor and her boyfriend were walking home from McDonald’s in Garwood, N.J., Thursday morning when she had the asthma attack, but she did not have her inhaler with her. She went to a nearby CVS, hoping to get a refill on her inhaler prescription.But, O’Connor was denied the refill because she did not have enough money to pay for the prescription. The medicine cost just over $21, and the couple was short $1.99."I had exactly a $20 bill. It came to $21 and change," said O’Connor’s boyfriend, Jack Brown. "I offered him my cell phone, my wallet. I said, ‘I live right around the corner.’ I come in here all the time."Brown begged the pharmacist to give his girlfriend the inhaler, as she was on the floor wheezing, but the pharmacist would not give in, he said.Brown called a friend who is a paramedic, who showed up immediately and treated O’Connor.When questioned about the incident, a store manager had “no comment.”


REMEMBER DURING ONE OF HIS SPEECHES HOW "HE" CALLED IT A BREATHALYZER, PROBABLY HAS THIS PHARMACIST CONFUSED ON THE CORRECT ITEM.

ALLIGATOR EATS BOY'S PET

OKALOOSA ISLAND — A local family remains upset four days after giving their pet turtle to the Gulfarium and watching it get eaten by an alligator. Brenda Guthrie and her 8-year-old son Colton witnessed Tomalina’s death as the red-eared slider disappeared into the alligator’s jaws. When the two looked away from the sight, she said they could hear the crunching of the turtle’s shell. “He was jumping up and down screaming,” Guthrie said of her son’s reaction. “He was shouting, ‘Oh no alligator, let it go.’ ” Guthrie said that they decided to donate Tomalina after the turtle outgrew its aquarium. They chose the Gulfarium so that Colton could come back and visit the turtle. They brought it there Thursday afternoon and watched as workers put the slider into the alligator exhibit, where two other red-eared sliders already live. Gulfarium officials said that the alligator, Gracie, had just been hand-fed and that the gators normally don’t express interest in the turtles. It is horrible for a little kid to have to see that,” said General Manager Don Abrams. “That’s not unusual to put sliders in the same exhibit. (The alligators) have never eaten a turtle in the exhibit before. It’s just Murphy’s law that nature would take over right then,” he added.

Real Gulfarium Reviews: by Beeny & Judes Mom
I took my kids here for an afternoon of "fun". The shows only lasted 15 minutes, and they were so crowded I had to pick up both my children, ages 2 and 4, so that they could see. There were very few things to do other than the shows, the touch pool was small and had hardly anything in it. Sure you could get "up close and personal" with a dolphin, but it cost $50 for 10 minutes. They also had the opportunity to feed a sting ray for $5, but my son was not old enough! I would not recommend taking young children, it may be worth it for older children. But personally I'd rather go to SeaWorld.

(Perhaps they should feed more kid's pets, let's try a puppy or a kitty next time...)